The Scarlet Letter
Study Questions
1.
Discuss the relationship between the scarlet letter and Hester’s identity. Why does she repeatedly refu to stop wearing the letter? What is the difference between the identity she creates for herlf and the identity society assigns to her?
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Discuss the function of physical tting in The Scarlet Letter. What is the relationship between the book’s events and the locations in which the events take place? Do things happen in the forest that could not happen in the town? What about time of day?
3.
Describe Chillingworth’s “revenge.” Why does he choo to torture Dimmesdale and Hester
when he could simply reveal that he is Hester’s husband? What does this imply about justice? About evil?
II. Quiz
1. In what century is the story of Hester Prynne t?汉字知识
(A) The sixteenth century
(B) The venteenth century
(C) The eighteenth century谢谢你告诉我
(D) The nineteenth century
王燕娜2. What is the occupation of the narrator of this story?
(A) Attorney
(B) Minister
(C) Land surveyor
(D) Customs officer
3. Where do Hester and Chillingworth live before coming to America?
(A) Amsterdam
(B) Paris
(C) Edinburgh
(D) Jamaica
4. With whom has Chillingworth been living before he appears in Boston?
(A) Another band of Puritans
(B) Native Americans
(C) Spanish ttlers in Florida
(D) Canadian fur trappers
5. What is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept?
(A) A robush
(B) A pine tree
(C) A gallows
(D) A graveyard
6. What item in the governor’s mansion shows Hester a distorted reflection of herlf?
(A) An antique mirror
(B) A suit of armor
(C) A stained-glass window
(D) The governor’s eyeglass
那时候的我们7. Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale us to punish himlf for his sins?
(A) Scourging or whipping
(B) Fasting
(C) Vigils (extended periods of wakefulness and/or prayer)
(D) All of the above
8. In what city do Hester and Pearl live?
(A) Salem
(B) Providence
(C) Boston
(D) Hartford
9. Who is Mistress Hibbins?
(A) The governor’s sister
(B) Hester’s mother
(C) Dimmesdale’s aunt
(D) Chillingworth’s cond wife
10. How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die?
(A) She is strangled by Chillingworth.
(B) She wastes away in a diphtheria epidemic.
(C) She is executed publicly as a witch.
(D) Pearl puts a hex on her.
11. How does Hester support herlf financially?
(A) As a prostitute
(B) As a amstress
(C) As a nur
(D) As a farmhand
12. Next to whom is Hester buried?
(A) Dimmesdale
(B) Chillingworth
(C) Pearl
(D) No one; her body is burned.
13. What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale’s “sin” and Governor Winthrop’s “virtue”?
(A) A lightning bolt星期四的单词
(B) A meteor
(C) A forest fire
(D) A flood
14. Why does Pearl not recognize her mother when she es her with Dimmesdale in the forest?
(A) Hester has removed the scarlet letter.
(B) Hester has removed her cap to expo her long hair.
(C) Hester is not wearing her usual plain gray dress.
(D) Mistress Hibbins has cast a spell on Hester, changing her appearance.
15凯旋意思. How does Pearl acknowledge Dimmesdale as her father at his death?
(A) By calling him “father”
(B) By interrupting his rmon
(C) By kissing him
(D) By announcing that she has en him with her mother
16. What mark can suppodly be en on Dimmesdale’s chest?
(A) A scarlet letter “A”
全国一本大学排名(B) A tattoo
(C) The mark of the devil
(D) A red ro
